aurablackwolf-(bruised and battered) hello….not in the mood to talk, so shut up and on with the story.
blood-fire-dragon-(bruised and battered) ditto….
capri-blue-fox- tch, losers…not even going to explain how you got bruised and battered.
aurablackwolf-…we'll explain at the end, read…now!
"I know who did it!" Gaara shouted out, glancing around slyly.
Gaara and Neji had decided to stay the night with Naruto, worried that something else might happen to him while they were gone. And now, as we were.
"Really! Who did it? Who did it? Who…" Naruto pauses to think, "Who let the dogs out, who, who, who who."
Neji and Gaara just sweatdropped and bonked him on the head, forgetting his head injury.
"Ow." Naruto mumbled and rubbed his sore head. Neji grimaced and mumbled out an apology, as did Gaara.
"So, you said you knew who did it? Well, spill it, who did it?" Neji edged, glancing at him suspiciously. Gaara chuckled vilely.
"It was…Professor Plum…in the library…with the wrench."
"Liar!" Neji and Naruto shouted, "It was Mr. Green, in the dining hall, with the candle stick." Neji clarified.
"No way! It was Ms. Scarlet, in the ballroom, with the knife!" Naruto growled.
"Oh yea, well lets find out!" Gaara hissed and opened the envelope. They all leaned over and blinked.
"It was Mrs. White, in the study, with the revolver."
Silence for a time…then.
"We really suck at this game, don't we?" Naruto asked, as he sat back on the couch.
"Yea." Gaara and Neji responded as they too leaned into their seats, then.
"Told you we should've played strip poker." Gaara grumbled as he crossed his arms.
"We are not going to play…" Neji started.
"I know a game that we could play," Naruto interrupted and ran to his closet, then came back holding a colorful bored game box. "Lets play…Candyland!"
"Oh dear god, not…" Gaara tried.
"Fine." Neji agreed and helped Naruto set up the bored.
Hours later.
"Damn, we suck at this game too." Naruto grumbled and tossed the bored game back into its box.
"Again, I told you we should've played…" Gaara whispered as he stared suggestively at Neji.
"Don't…even…start…with me." Neji growled, glaring over at Gaara, who quickly grinned and turned away.
Naruto sighed at them and looked over at the grandfather clock on the wall. Blinking, he checked again and yawned.
"Wow, its already 11:34. I'm gonna go to bed. I'll show you your room." Naruto stood and was followed by Neji and Gaara.
Up the stairs and to the first door on the right, he stood in front of the room and opened the door…this was the room that he found those two bodies…well, spirits, bloody…mangled…
"Naruto, are you ok?" Neji asked, holding his shaking shoulder. Gulping, Naruto turned to him and smiled shakily.
"Yea, I'm fine. This is your guys's room, so…enjoy." Naruto explained and quickly walked away.
Neji and Gaara stood for a moment. Neji heard two doors slam shut and he turned to a pale Gaara. Raising an eyebrow, he turned and stared at his boyfriend.
"What's wrong Gaara?"
"Why did Naruto run away so quickly, huh? I think there're some dead bodies in there. And after the image I just put in my mind, I am not going in there." Gaara insisted, now staring at Neji with a very serious expression.
Neji's eyes widened, then he walked decisively towards Naruto's room, and knocked.
"Naruto, did something happen in that room you showed us?"
"...no…why?" Naruto's muffled voice came through the door.
"Then why did you avoid it?"
"…no reason…goodnight."
Neji sighed and walked Gaara back down the stairs and to the couches in the living room. Stopping by the closet, they grabbed some blankets and nestled on the couch, curling up together.
"There, are your worries abated?" Neji asked as he curled closer to Gaara.
"Ooh, such a big word, but yes, my worries are pretty much gone." Gaara kissed Neji and nestled his head against his chest.
"Aw, you're such a cuddler." Neji chuckled and nuzzled his head.
"Tell anyone and you die a painful death."
"Yea yea, I love you too."
Sasuke was pacing the attic. Frantic, panicky, worried, and all in all, upset about what he had done, and had nearly done to Naruto.
'God, he probably…he…I wonder if he'll forgive me…I didn't mean to hurt him, I…wasn't myself…dear god, Naruto.' Sasuke fretted. Finally, he stopped pacing and stood his ground.
'I…need to apologize to him.'
Sasuke sank through the floor and entered the hallway. Glancing around, he turned to his old…Naruto's room and walked through the door. There, he found Naruto, curled on his bed, blankets tucked all around him.
Sasuke swallowed, and slowly walked up to the bed. Pausing slightly near Naruto's head, Sasuke leaned down and sat on the edge, reaching out his hand, it hovered over Naruto's head, then settling back on the bed.
"Naruto…dobe…I…I just wanted to say that…I apologize for what happened earlier. I wasn't in my right mind. I…truthfully, I don't know what really happened back there. All I saw was red, I never felt that way…at least…not for a long time…" Sasuke sighed and glanced away. "Anyway, I just…wanted to say that I'm sorry."
Sasuke stared at the back of Naruto's head, and reached out his hand again, this time placing it on Naruto's head, and started to stroke his hair. It felt so soft, silky through his fingers. Sasuke felt a small smile start to form, but he shook his head and took his hand away.
'What the Hell am I thinking?' Sasuke thought as he continued to stare…sighing, Sasuke laid down next to Naruto, yawning in the process. 'Its been so long since I've slept in my bed. How many years now was that…' Sasuke thought as he fell asleep.
Naruto laid unmoving as he listened to the ghost lay down next to him. After a minute, Naruto turned to stare at him, and found him asleep. 'Can a ghost even fall asleep?' Naruto stared a little more. 'I guess so.'
After a few more minutes, Naruto sighs and lays back down. Glancing over to Sasuke, he 'hmphed' and rolled over.
"I forgive you…for now at least…but you sooo owe me." Naruto grumbled with a smirk and fell asleep. Unknowingly curling on Sasuke.
Morning light shone through the closed window of Naruto's bedroom. Grumbling about the light, Naruto tried to roll back over…but found himself entangled with something. Slowly opening dazed eyes, Naruto came face to face with a sleeping Sasuke.
Exactly ten seconds later, Naruto finally focused and realized he was sleeping on top of Sasuke. Ten more seconds before he finally found his voice.
"Oh dear God! I slept with a ghost!"
Neji and Gaara broke their morning kiss and stared at the ceiling. Staring at each other, they got up and walked up to Naruto's room, only to have him knock them back down the stairs.
"Ouch!" Naruto hissed as they landed on a heap on the floor.
"Naruto." Gaara murmured.
"Huh?"
"We're going to kill you." Neji finished as they all stood up.
"Sorry about that guys, but, Sasuke…I mean, he was…sleeping in my bed and I kinda freaked out." Naruto explained, rubbing the back of his head.
Neji and Gaara sighed and looked at each other. "I thought we were supposed to protect you from that thing." Gaara grumbled as they both crossed their arms.
"He's not a thing, he's a ghost, get it right!" Naruto snapped, and walked into his kitchen.
Blinking repeatedly, Neji and Gaara followed. As they were about to enter, there was a knock on the front door. Growling, Naruto walked past the other two, and down the hallway. He was soo not in the mood for more visitors.
Opening the door, Naruto gasped as he saw the pink haired menace…but bandages blocked out most of the ugliness. Mr. McPinky growled ferally, glancing passed Naruto and towards Gaara.
Staring for a few seconds, he slammed the door on her and turned towards the others. "Run! Run for your lives!" Naruto screamed and started to run towards his friends. "Gaara, the dog wants your leg, start running!"
Above them, in Naruto's room, Sasuke awoke to the screaming. Yawning, Sasuke floated through the floor and into the room, watching amused as the three tried to find a place to hide in the hallway.
The door burst open, and in came cops, who rounded up and grabbed the three teens, holding them down. The chief walked in, followed by Sakura who wore a devious smile, and stopped in front of Naruto.
"You are Naruto Uzumaki, am I right?" he asked, glancing at Sakura who nodded her head.
"Yes I am What is the meaning of this?" Naruto demanded, shuddering in the cops arms.
"You are under arrest for assault."
The three friends stared in shock, then all began speaking at once.
"He didn't even touch her!"
"She's lying, she assaulted Naruto, don't you see the bandages!"
"I didn't do anything!"
"Silence. Read him his rights and put him in the car." The chief said as he stared at Naruto's head, then at Naruto's captor.
Nodding, he started to herd Naruto out of the house. Naruto struggling the whole time. "You are under arrest. Everything you say can and will be held against you in the court of law."
"But I didn't do anything! Neji! Gaara! Sasuke!" Naruto shrieked, trying to get away from the cop.
Sasuke had had enough, he ran into the hallway and judo chopped the cop holding Naruto, who then flew into a wall.
The other cops snickered as they saw their comrade trip and fall into a wall. Sighing, the chief walked over to the cop and picked him up, slapping him a bit.
"Get a hold of yourself George."
"Sorry chief." Shaking his head, he grabbed Naruto again and tried to drag him out again.
Sakura grinned and stuck out her tongue as Naruto passed. Giggling, she turned around and found Sasuke standing there, radiating fury, but to her, charm.
"Oh, hello there." Sakura said, blushing when Sasuke turned to her. "You know, you should come with me. You really shouldn't be hanging around such and adolescent such as Naruto."
Everyone stared at her as if she grew three new heads and two of them were anchovies.
The chief of police glanced around and cleared his throat. "Umm, Ms. Haruno, no ones there."
Sakura glared at him as if he was stupid and sighed, pointing at Sasuke she disagreed. "Yes there is, he's standing right there."
Naruto saw Sasuke glaring at Sakura, and noticed that they were the only two who could see him. Smirking, Naruto put on an innocent face and stared at her worriedly.
"Dearest cousin, there isn't anyone there. Are you having another episode? Are you imagining people again? Is that why there are bruises all over you?" Naruto asked as he slowly turned to his friends who looked like they were either ready to puke or laugh. Naruto just winked at them.
The chief stared at Naruto and walked up to him. "What do you mean, episode?"
Naruto stared up at the man and put on his most pathetic expression. "Its sad really, you see, she sometimes imagines some things, delusional I guess you'd call her. She's had it since she was really little, and because of her condition, she'd always run into walls or fall down stairs, or just plain hurt herself, and imagine that someone was assaulting her. I try to help her, but she always thinks I'm going to hurt her, so she attacks me."
"Is this true?" the chief asked the two friends.
"Yes. We used to visit a lot, and she'd also hit us imagining that we were burglars or something."
Sakura blanched as she heard this. "WHAT! What the Hell are you guys saying! I do not have episodes!"
Naruto quickly glanced at Sasuke and winked at him, trying to get him to go with the plan. Sasuke turned to him confused, but after Naruto gave him another look, he smirked and turned to Sakura.
'I can't believe I'm gonna do this.' Sasuke thought before smiling his most charming smile at her. "Sakura, my dear, come to me." And opened up his arms for her.
Two things happened at once. One, Naruto started to tear up and sputter, trying to hide his laughter. Two, Sakura started to giggle maniacally, and ran towards Sasuke's arms…but ended up going through him and hitting the wall…hard.
Seconds went by as everyone stared at the now unconscious girl. Finally, the cops let the three teens go and went to help the poor psychotic one. Gaara sighed and looked down. Growling, he kicked Mr. McPinky into another wall and smirked at the yelp. Neji just stared amused.
"I'm sorry Mr. McPinky, but I'm not sharing him."
Sasuke was still in his pose for another three seconds before he slowly turned to Naruto and grimaced. "Ewww, a psycho witch went through me. You owe me dobe." He mumbled and hid behind Naruto, staying as far away from Sakura as he could.
Naruto turned to him sadly and started to pet his head. "Its ok, I know how you feel. But you did great, I'll give you a treat when everyone leaves."
Sasuke nodded and hid even more as she twitched. Neji and Gaara noticed Naruto patting the air and assumed what had happened. They turned to each other and smirked. Walking up to Naruto, they stared, then started to shake with laughter. The chief sighed and walked up to the three teens.(blood-fire-dragon-and one ghost, but he doesn't know that)
"I apologize for everything, we didn't know she was mental. We'll be leaving, but, we should really contact her family and tell them she's crazy." He said while taking out a notepad.
Freaked out, Naruto started talking, quickly thinking of a plan. "No! You should wait a bit. You see, Sakura's parents are on the verge of insanity themselves. They might think that whoever reported Sakura having another episode caused it, so they would probably hunt them down and dispose of the bodies."
"Yea. Sure. Come on now, tell the truth."
"No really. This has happened before. Haven't you noticed that some people have disappeared, or been in unsolved accidents?"
"…I see. Then we'll just keep her in the...hospital...for a while. At least for observation." The chief responded, gulping and turning to the other cops.
"Oh, another thing chief." Naruto insisted. The chief turned in question.
"She's not a minor. She's been living away from her parents for about two years now. She's 22. And also," Naruto turned to Sakura, thinking quickly, "she's on Prozac and crack."
All the cops stopped and stared at him, as did Neji, Gaara, and Sasuke. Naruto sweatdropped, and replied quickly. "Don't believe me, check her car." Naruto looked down at her dog. "Oh yea, and the dog's on steroids. It also has rabies, so watch out."
Neji and Gaara stared in shock at Naruto. To think that he'd say those things…and why hadn't they thought of that?
Sasuke just stared at Naruto in a new light. Maybe living with him would be more interesting then he first thought.
The cops grabbed the dog and threw it in a tiny cage and gave it to the dog catcher, who suddenly disappeared. Then the cops went to Sakura's car. Finally the approached Naruto again.
"We found the Prozac, but couldn't find the crack."
"She probably flushed it down the toilet. She does that when she's paranoid." Naruto explained, crossing his arms and nodding his head.
The cops nodded their heads and arrested Sakura, who was now awake, and screeching for 'her Sasuke'.
Sasuke shivered and floated over to stand closer to Naruto. The cops turned and waved, noticing a new member of the group, before leaving.
aurablackwolf-0.0 omfg…9 pages…wow this is the longest chap we've ever done…party!
blood-fire-dragon- yea, for once…I agree, bring out the chicken wings!
both- spice it up! Spice it up!
capri-blue-fox- and what about your bruises?
aurablackwolf- bruises…what bruises….there's no bruises.
capri-blue-fox- yes there is, there's one right…THERE!(presses bruise)
aurablackwolf- you cold, unfeeling person youTT I'm still healing from the bar fight
capri-blue-fox- that blood-fire-dragon started
blood-fire-dragon-…I hate you.
aurablackwolf- Review, or we'll discontinue this story.
blood-fire-dragon-A little harsh, aint'cha
aurablackwolf- you know it.
